Rhododendron edgeworthii Hook.F.

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Rhododendron

Characteristics

Shrubs, evergreen, often epiphytic, (0.3–)1(–5.6) m tall; indumentum dark orange to pale beige-brown. Petiole 5–25 mm; leaf blade leathery, ovate-elliptic, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 4–16 × 2–6 cm; base rounded; apex acuminate or shortly acuminate; abaxial surface densely brown or fawn, woolly, scales dense, very small, rather equal, pale brown; adaxial surface strongly bullate, glabrous. Inflorescence 1–3-flowered. Flowers fragrant. Pedicel 1–2 cm, densely woolly; calyx red or tinged red, deeply 5-lobed; lobes 11–17 mm, oblong, ovate or rounded, unequal, persisting to enclose mature capsule, scales present on margin and abaxially, also densely woolly; corolla funnelform-campanulate, white, sometimes flushed pink and/or with a yellow blotch at base, 3.4–7.5 cm; tube 25–35 mm; outer surface scaly; inner surface glabrous; stamens 10, unequal, filaments densely pilose below; ovary densely woolly, sparsely scaly; style straight, ca. as long as corolla, base scaly and woolly. Capsule cylindric-ovate or globose, 10–22 mm, scaly, densely woolly. Fl. Apr–Jun, fr. Nov.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support epiphyte
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 1.5 - 2.5
Mature height (meter) 1.5 - 2.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 4-6
Soil humidity 2-7
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 2-4
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use Common cold (flower), Insecticides (leaf)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or graftings.
Mode cuttings graftings
Germination duration (days) 50 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 15
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Images

Rhododendron edgeworthii unspecified picture

Distribution

Rhododendron edgeworthii world distribution map, present in Bhutan, China, India, and Myanmar

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:332361-1
WFO ID wfo-0001048029
COL ID 4SFTM
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Rhododendron edgeworthii Rhododendron bullatum